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America’s unique, enduring gun problem, explained A shooter opened fire at a Florida Dollar General store on Saturday, killing three people in what Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters described as a racially motivated crime. All three victims are Black Americans. The shooter — a white male in his early 20’s, was armed with a handgun and an AR-style rifle with swastikas painted on it — killed himself before authorities could apprehend him. The incident occurred after the shooter attempted to enter the campus of Edward Waters University, a historically Black university, but was refused entry.Read More →

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How many US mass shootings have there been in 2023? Gun violence is a fixture in American life – but the issue is a highly political one, pitting gun control advocates against people who are fiercely protective of their right to bear arms. We’ve looked into some of the numbers behind firearms in the US. Mass shootings on the rise There have been more than 200 mass shootings across the US so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are injured or killed. Their figures include shootings that happenRead More →

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Gun control advocates say culture, not just laws, must change After hitting a wall in Congress, gun control advocates are increasingly saying they’ll need to change the country’s culture before they can change its laws. That was the message from advocates and experts in conversation at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado on Wednesday. Why it matters: One year ago this week Congress passed its first major gun safety reform bill in decades, which included enhanced background checks for those under 21, funding for mental health and school safety and incentives for states to implement "red flag" laws. But federal policymakers have been unable toRead More →

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National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research Announces $3.1M in New Funding for Research on Red-Flag Laws Funding will be available for one and two-year research projects The National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research (NCGVR) will award more than $3 million in funding for research on extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs), also known as gun violence restraining orders or red flag laws. The funding round will be open to research on all aspects of ERPOs, including descriptive research on how such orders are used by courts, police, families, and communities; their effectiveness in reducing firearms violence; equity impacts and effects on vulnerable communities; whether recipients ofRead More →

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Biden says US is at ‘tipping point’ on gun control: ‘We will ban assault weapons in this country’ complete text below: Despite the lack of sufficient support in Congress to pass a new assault weapons ban, President Joe Biden on Friday said the US has “reached a tipping point” in the fight to strengthen America’s gun laws, due to the activism of the gun violence prevention movement that has gathered increasing strength in recent years. Mr Biden, who was delivering remarks at the National Safer Communities Summit in Hartford, Connecticut, at the invitation of Senator Chris Murphy and a coalition of gun safety groups includingRead More →

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Governor Newsom Proposes Historic 28th Amendment SACRAMENTO – Today Governor Gavin Newsom proposed a 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to enshrine fundamental, broadly supported gun safety measures into law. While leaving the 2nd Amendment unchanged and respecting America’s gun-owning tradition, the Governor’s proposal guarantees common sense constitutional protections and gun safety measures that Democrats, Republicans, independent voters, and gun owners overwhelmingly support – including universal background checks, raising the firearm purchase age to 21, instituting a firearm purchase waiting period, and barring the civilian purchase of assault weapons. “Our ability to make a more perfect union is literally written into the Constitution,” saidRead More →

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Support a 28th Amendment to the Constitution on Guns Add your name to say you support passing a Constitutional amendment that will make our communities safer from gun violence. It’s a small and simple action, but it will send a powerful message about the size and strength of the coalition to get this done. The time is now.Read More →